Comments Thread For: Lemieux's Next Stop: Mandatory Defense, Not Golovkin
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The guy you said got robbed against the linear MW champion at the time. Funny that right after that fight NSB as a whole was claiming robbery, but then when GGG beats him to a pulp, he's a can.
Lara is a no one. Stop trying to use him as if he's some boogieman, he's irrelevant to everyone other than to a handful of GGG haters.Comment
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You can add this idiot ALT to the list as well, Sweet_Science2, who has just been awarded a spot on my ignore list. Life is so much less stressful not having to see these idiots' posts and be tempted to respond to them.Comment
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Christ man, I didn't realise I was on the verge of giving you a heart attack.Comment
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If Ward is willing to accept that he is the B side and willing to accept B side money, that fight could be easily made. Or if Ward's rich promoter is willing to put up the money, that fight could be easily made.
But if Ward is expecting a high payday and to be the A side, he will need another year or two to build up his brand to the point where he deserves it. By that time, GGG will no longer have any use for a Ward fight.
There is no possibility of a purse bid in the Lara situation because Golovkin is contracted exclusively to HBO. That means he cannot fight on another network, any other network. And HBO will not give permission for one of their biggest stars to be used by Al Haymon to promote his PBC operation and Haymon will not allow Lara to fight on HBO and receive triple the ratings he got on Spike causing a huge embarrassment for PBC. That fight is not happening and only a complete idiot would still be asking for it. Not to mention that it is a totally pointless fight for GGG and a no win situation. Even if he KTFO Lara in the first round, people will say he beat up on a smaller guy.Comment
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They just did the Floyd Pac fight. That is a step in the right direction. At least you want to see the fight as a ggg fan I respect that. But the others act like they don't even want to see it. And Lara has a big frame. He would not be that much smaller than ggg on fight night. No excuses
So we have two major issues here:
-Haymon's reluctance to work with HBO.
-HBO's stance on Haymon's fighters (they will work with him only for the "right" fights).
Seems very unlikely, but again if it's possible, they should go for it. I think it's clear Golovkin and his trainer know Lara wouldn't pose a threat to him, but Loeffler is aware of the HBO/Haymon riff, but because Leoffler has a working relationship with Haymon he's not outright saying what the problem is to the media.Comment
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Lara is a JMW. He has been beaten twice and Angulo knocked him down. He never wins decisively. Quit trying to grow him into some threat at MW. Let him fight a top 10 MW and then come after the number 1 and them GGG. This catch weight stuff as well as trying to jam size 12 feet into a size 9 shoe is ******. Let's honor the sport people.Comment
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That's the entire problem... Name one relevant 160'er who's willing to step in with GGG. Lemieux was making noise about a GGG fight a month ago, now gets a belt and he needs to fight a mandatory even though there isn't even a mandatory in place.Comment
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Lara is a clown. Let him fight his way to a title shot like everyone else. Fight a top 10 MW, the number 1 MW and then the champ. He has done NOTHING to be considered worthy of a title shot. His fans are nut jobs and know nothing about boxing or the way title shots are supposed to work.Comment
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